Recently hatched ducklings walk with their mother as they enjoy the spring weather and sunshine at the Slimbridge Wetlands Wildlfire Centre near Dursley, England. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
Gorilla Mother
Gorilla mother Dian holds her baby Quembo on January 6, 2011 at the zoo in Frankfurt/M., western Germany. (Photo credit FRANK RUMPENHORST/AFP/Getty Images)
Brown Bear Mother
Brown bear cubs play with their mother, Mia, at a wildlife park on April 27, 2007, in Poing, Germany. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)
Bird Mother
Baby birds wait to be fed by their mother in their nest outside a house in Madrid, near Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Photo credit GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)
Bonobo Mother
Three-month-old baby bonobo Nakarla plays with its mother Ukela on March 19, 2008 at the zoo in Frankfurt/M. (Photo credit THOMAS LOHNES/AFP/Getty Images)
Camel Mother
An one-day-old cub, Jenny, is seen with her 17-year-old mother, Jolan, at the Budapest Zoo Park and Botanic Garden in the Hungarian capital. (Photo credit ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images)
Leopardus Pardalis Mother
Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) cubs Viento and Estrella snuggle up to their mother Sara in their eclosure at the Zoo in Berlin. The two youngsters were born on November 14, 2010 but made their photo call debut in the German capital today. (Photo credit ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
Cow Mother
Calf 'Glory of Embrapa' and mother cow 'Victory of Embrapa,' in Latin America. (Photo credit EVARISTO SA/AFP/Getty Images)
Deer Mother
A Waterbuck calf gets some attention from her waterbuck mother at the Berlin zoo. (Photo credit JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)
Dolphin Mother
A Pacific white-sided dolphin plays with her mother in the aquarium at Kamogawa Sea World in Kamogawa, Japan. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images)
Donkey Mother
A new born Somali donkey walks next to its mother at the Sigean animal park. (Photo credit RAYMOND ROIG/AFP/Getty Images)
Elephant Mother
A female elephant feeds her cub in the early morning hours in the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. (Photo credit ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)
Flamingo Mother
A flamingo dad checks on his recently hatched offspring while the mother keeps him warm at the San Diego Zoo. (Photo by Ken Bohn/Zoological Society of San Diego via Getty Images)
Goose Mother
Canada Geese and goslings walk across a golf course at Stapleford Park in Melton Mowbray, England. (Photo by Phil Inglis/Getty Images)
Silvery Gibbon Mother
Newborn Silvery Gibbon 'Flip' and his mother 'Pangrango' sit on a tree in the Zoo Hellabrunn in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Jan Pitman/Getty Images)
Giraffe Mother
A baby Giraffe stands next to its mother in the zoo in Hanover (Photo creditNIGEL TREBLIN/AFP/Getty Images)
Gorilla Mother
Kibibi ('little lady' in Swahili) embraces her mother Mandara at the Great Ape House at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, DC. (Photo credit KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)
Guanaco Mother
A baby Guanaco is nursed by her mother Hannah in their enclosure at the zoo in Berlin. (Photo credit ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
Hippo Mother
Kambiri, a baby pygmy hippo calf, explores her den with her mother Petre at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
Horse Mother
A purebred Arabian colt galops next to her mother at a horse raising farm in the village of Talia in the Lebanese Bekaa Valley. (Photo credit JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)
Wallaby Mother
A little Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) peers out of its mother Bertha's pouch at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany. (Photo credit JOCHEN LUEBKE/AFP/Getty Images)
Koala Bear Mother
Eight-month-old baby Koala cuddles with her mother Alguna at the Beauval zoo in Saint-Aignan, central France of Alkoomie. (Photo credit ALAIN JOCARD/AFP/Getty Images)
Lion Mother
Mother lion cleans her cub at the 'Reserve Africaine' in Sigean. (Photo credit should read RAYMOND ROIG/AFP/Getty Images)
Lizard Mother
A one-month-old Australian bearded dragon sits on its mother's head at the Bronx Zoo in New York. (Photo credit JON LEVY/AFP/Getty Images)
Meerkat Mother
A mother Meerkat is pictured with her newborn baby meerkats at the London Zoo. (Photo credit CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)
Lion-Tailed Macaque Mother
A baby lion-tailed macaque sits next to his mother in their enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, western Germany. (Photo credit ROLF VENNENBERND/AFP/Getty Images)
Orangutan Mother
Newly born twin baby orangutans cling to their mother at an enclosure at the Foundation for Sustainable Ecosystem in Medan, North Sumatra. (Photo credit AFP/AFP/Getty Images
Penguin Mother
An African penguin mother protects her baby inside the breeding area at the penguin colony Simon's Town, South Africa. (Photo by
Pig Mother
Piglets suck milk from the teets of their mother at the Ebsen organic farm in Langenhorn, Germany. (Photo by Joern Pollex/Getty Images)
Polar Bear Mother
Wilbear, the four-month old polar bear cub is seen playing with his mother Corinna during the first day of his public appearance at the Wilhemina in Stuttgart. (Photo by Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images)
Porpoise Mother
A newly born Yangtze finless porpoise swims with his mother at the Hydrobiology Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan of Hubei Province, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
Dog Mother
A dog which recently gave birth to 12 puppies nurses them in Beijing. (Photo credit STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Rhino Mother
White rhinoceros baby Naruna explores together with its mother Rebeccer its enclosure at the Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, northwestern Germany. (Photo credit NIGEL TREBLIN/AFP/Getty Images)
Seal Mother
A newly born grey seal pup lies by his mother Laura at the North Sea Oceannarium in Hirtshals, Northern Denmark. (Photo credit HENNING BAGGER/AFP/Getty Images)
Sheep Mother
Newborn lambs play after being released into a field for the first time at Barracks Farm in Fetcham, England. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
Cariblanco Capuchin Monkey Mother
A Cariblanco Capuchin monkey (Cebus capucinus) hangs on the back of its mother at the zoo in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. (Photo credit LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)
Swan Mother
A swan watches over its cygnets as they swim beside her at Abbotsbury Swanneryin Dorset, England. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
Tamandua Mother
A three-month-old baby Southern Tamandua 'Konbu' lies on its mother Tae's back at Sunshine International Aquarium in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)
Jaguar Mother
A 96-day-old jaguar cub stands next to its mother at the Calcutta zoo after the baby was let out for public viewing for the first time. (Photo credit ARKO DATTA/AFP/Getty Images)
White Tiger Mother
A white tiger cub is carried by its mother Bianca at the Serengeti animal park in Hodenhagen, central Germany. (Photo credit JOCHEN LUEBKE/AFP/Getty Images)
Arctic White Wolf Mother
Arctic white wolves suckle their mother Miax at the Zoo of Amneville in eastern France. (Photo credit JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/Getty Images)
Zebra Mother
A young zebra named 'Frauke' stands next to her mother in their enclosure at the zoo in the northern German city of Hanover, (Photo credit DAVID HECKER/AFP/Getty Images)